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Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Barren Creek on MO 32
Location: Polk County, Missouri
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1924
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.62667, -93.54167 (decimal degrees)
37°37'36" N, 93°32'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 33 N., R. 24 W., Sec. 3
Inventory numbers: MoDOT H-21A (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
MONBI 4837 (Missouri bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 22358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2005): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 68.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 5,160

Barren Creek MO 32 Bridge

Posted February 20, 2007, by Greg Hall/Darren Gilmore (cyclebay [at] aol [dot] com)

GPS actual 37 37.648, 93 32.579

Photo 1: South side looking east. Note damage to railing

Photo 2: Inventory number?

Photo 3: South side railing damage

Photo 4: Water damage west bank, north side

Photo 5: North side looking east

Photo 6: Looking east

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